10 Things to Know for Today

10 Things to Know for Today

September 25th, 2012by Associated Press in Local - Breaking News

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he attends the high level meeting on rule of law in the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT):

1. OBAMA TO STEP ON WORLD STAGE

The president speaks at the U.N. General Assembly at 10:10 a.m. in his final international address before the November election.

2. WHY ISRAEL WALKED OUT OF AHMADINEJAD'S SPEECH

Iran's president, speaking at a high-level U.N. meeting, called Israel a "fake regime" shielded by the United States.

3. WHAT BRINGS MYANMAR'S SUU KYI TO FORT WAYNE

The Indiana city, where the democracy activist gives a speech at 9 a.m., is home to one of the largest Burmese communities in the U.S.

4. EINSTEIN'S BRAIN: THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT

For $9.99, you can download detailed images of the famed physicist's gray matter to an iPad.

5. RADICAL MUSLIM CLERIC TO FACE CHARGES IN THE U.S.

Abu Hamza al-Masri - one of Britain's most notorious extremists - allegedly tried to set up an al-Qaida training camp in rural Oregon.

6. NORTH KOREA STOPPED BUILDING A LAUNCH PAD

The construction halt, shown in satellite photos, could be due to heavy rains that killed dozens of people this summer.

7. WHERE NON-MUSLIM RINGTONES ARE BANNED

In northern Mali, a regime of radical Islamists imposed Sharia law - even against ringtones other than Quranic verse readings.

8. A SHIFT IN COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS

It's a first: More students in the class of 2012 took the ACT than the rival SAT.

9. REPLACEMENT REFS RILE FOOTBALL FANS

A game-deciding call in the Seahawks-Packers game is the latest in a string of questionable decisions, leaving Green Bay's T.J. Lang tweeting that his team was robbed.

10. IT'S A BOY FOR BUFFY

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. welcomed a son; they also have a 3-year-old daughter.